Family Integrity

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  • Muriel Newman: Moral Neutrality

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    h ttp://www.nzcpr.com/weekly139.htm Parliament 20 July 2008 Moral Neutrality Earlier this month Britain’s culture of “moral neutrality” came under attack. In a speech in Glasgow, Conservative Party Leader Rt Hon David Cameron said that the obese, drug addicts and the poor have no-one to blame but themselves. He defined moral neutrality as the refusal to make…

  • Green Party Misinterprets and Misrepresents Research on Anti-smacking Law

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    Green Party Misinterprets and Misrepresents Research on Anti-smacking Law Green MP Sue Bradford has tried to say that our research on attitudes to the highly unpopular anti-smacking law shows that the number of people smacking has decreased, but she’s comparing ‘apples’ with ‘oranges’. Last year (just before the law came into force), we asked ALL…

  • Taking Smacking Seriously

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    By Rex Ahdar and James Allan This is an edited version of an article from The New Zealand Law Review [2001]. The complete article is available from NZEDF. Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961 currently permits parents to administer moderate corporal punishment to correct their children’s misbehaviour. Various groups contend that corporal punishment should…